Milne Land M1/12 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Middle Volgian zone, Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• M1/12 bed

•see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gonlands Geol. Unders. Bull. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich and D. K. Pandey. 1999. Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 145(1):119-139(21) [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1206: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• ammonites and belemnites counted but not identified
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
new species
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris clam
maimechaensis
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites